HELPING  the  LEPERS  to  HELP  THEMSELVES 


THE  AMERICAN  MISSION  TO  LEPERS,  INC.,  156  Fifth  Avenue,  NEW  YORK 


The  hut  of  sticks,  which  he  has  built  for  himself,  makes  this 
aged  leper  fortunate  among  his  fellow  sufferers  who  are, 
for  the  most  part,  without  shelter  of  any  kind. 


This  little  caravan,  composed  of 
a  man  for  20  years  a  leper,  his 
motherless  daughter,  and  the 
small  son  of  a  leper  neighbor, 
travelled  a  ten  day  journey  t< 
the  nearest  leper  hospital. 


At  the  well. 


For  two  months  through  the 
jungle  this  widow  leper  painfully 
trudged,  carrying  her  three  year 
old  child,  to  reach  the  Leper 
Hospital  at  Chiengmai,  Siam. 


Children  in  one  of  the  Mission's  30  Homes  for  the  well 
children  of  leper  parents.  (Leprosy  is  not  hereditary.) 


"Main  Street"  in  a  typical  Leper 
Mission  Colony.  A  cottage  for  6  lepers 
costs  $300.  Imagine  an  outcast  leper 
enjoying  for  the  first  time  self-respect¬ 
ing  citizenship  in  a  community  like  this. 


Women  patients  share  in 
the  work  of  the  colonies 


Wash  day. 


Sewing  garments  for  their  fellow 


patients. 


Blind  lepers  weaving  mats,  baskets  and  sandals 
■for  use  in  the  colony. 


Scale  Model  of  typica 
an  Exposition  in  Bangka 


iiamese 


Japanese  lepers  gathering  wood  to  make  charcoal  for  fuel 


Leper  fishermen  trawling  for  the  daily  supply  of  fish  for  the  colony. 


Cows  may  not  seem 
to  be  even  remotely 
connected  with  the 
cure  for  leprosy,  but 
a  diet  which  includes 
plenty  of  good  milk, 
aids  the  treatment. 
The  dairy  is  another 
department  of  a 
modern  leper  colony 
which  can  be  han¬ 
dled  by  the  patients 
themselves. 


churches  and  schools  from  models  which 
is  are  taught  and  funds  are  conserved. 


Leper  patients  build  their  own 
they  construct  in  advance;  th 


Bakers. 


Haying  combines  good  exercise  and  useful  work, 

ir  the  cattle. 


and  provides  cheap  fodder  foi 


How  The  American  Mission  to  Lepers 
Helps  the  Leper  to  Help  Himself 


A  Leper  "Symphony 
Orchestra."  Music, 
produced  entirely  by 
local  talent,  provides 
activity  and  good 
cheer,  both  impor¬ 
tant  aspects  of  the 
treatment  for  lep¬ 
rosy. 


Thousands  of  lepers  for  whom  there  is  no  room  in  the  leper 
hospitals  receive  medical  treatment  through  the  Mission's 
out-patient  clinics;  but  vast  numbers  are  still  unaided. 

Each  Leper  Mission  Colony  has  its  Church.  As  was  recently 
said  by  the  President  of  the  American  Federation  of  Labor, 
"No  policy  for  relief  .  .  .  would  be  worth  while  unless  it  em¬ 
phasized  the  importance  of  intangible  human  values  and 
sought  the  advancement  of  those  things  which  are  spiritual 
and  eternal." 


Boy  Scout  Troop 
of  the  Protestant 
Church  support¬ 
ed  by  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Mission  to 
Lepers,  at  the 
Culion  Leper  Col¬ 
ony,  Philippine 
Islands.  Boys  re¬ 
leased  as  cured 
have  a  better 
chance  of  getting 
employment  i  f 
they  have  had 
Scout  training. 


Even  the  lepers 
have  their  "O- 
berammergau" 
and  every  col¬ 
ony  has  its 
church. 


The  American  Mission  to  Lepers,  aiding  in  the  care  of  lepers 
at  150  hospitals  in  40  countries,  enlists  the  cooperation  of 
churches,  governments  and  other  agencies  in  a  program  to 
FREE  THE  WORLD  FROM  LEPROSY. 


Since  the  lepers,  when  able,  are  encouraged  to  be  self-supporting,  only  $40  is  required 
to  cover  food,  shelter,  clothing,  and  medical  treatment  for  a  patient  for  one  year.  $30 
will  provide  a  year's  care  for  a  child. 

The  Mission  is  supported  entirely  by  voluntary  subscriptions,  which  may  be  sent  to: 


THE  AMERICAN  MISSION  TO  LEPERS,  INC. 

156  Fifth  Avenue  NEW  YORK 


7“ re  a  surer 

FLEMING  H  REVELL 


General  Secret  a 
W.  M.  DANNE 


'President 

WM.  JAY  SCHIEFFELIN 


earn 


"Who's  next?"  An 
outdoor  leper  clinic 
typical  of  those 
which  are  making 
medical  treatment 
available  to  thou¬ 
sands  of  lepers  for 
whom  there  is  no 
room  in  the  hospi¬ 
tals. 


Surprising  skill  is  shown  by  leper  patients  trained  as  nurses  and  operating  room  assistants.  They  are 
happy  to  be  usefully  occupied  and  their  servicer,  reduce  the  danger  run  by  healthy  workers. 


THE  WORLD’S  MOST  UNFORTUNATE 
PEOPLE  NEED  YOUR  HELP! 

What  Your  Dollars  Will  Do- 


$2  four  pairs  of  sandals. 

$3  a  pair  of  blankets. 

$5  food  for  a  leper  for  2  months  or 

a  cake  of  soap  for  each  leper  in  a  whole  colony. 

$10  two  years  of  weekly  treatments  with  Chaulmoogra  Oil,  a 
period  sufficient  to  cure  a  case  in  the  early  stages. 

$40  food,  clothing,  shelter  and  medical  treatment  for  an  adult 
leper  for  I  year.  $30  will  give  the  same  to  a  child. 


$300  a  cottage  for  6  to  12  lepers. 

$500  an  Out-Patient  Leprosy  Clinic. 

$1,000  a  brick  building  to  shelter  20  lepers. 
$2,000  an  equipped  Dispensary. 

$3,000  a  Church  for  a  Leper  Colony. 


Help  the  Lepers  to  Help  Themselves  by  Sending  a  Gift  to 

THE  AMERICAN  MISSION  TO  LEPERS,  INC.,  156  Fifth  Ave.,  NEW  YORK 

(Endorsed  by  The  National  Information  Bureau.  Inc.) 


An  American  woman  missionary  treating  an  African 
leper  woman  and  her  child.  The  Mission  is  now  aiding 
lepers  at  19  different  stations  throughout  Africa. 


Old  vs.  new  methods  of  treating  leprosy.  Would  you 
rather  trust  your  case  to  a  native  witch  doctor  with  his 
potions  of  tigers'  teeth  and  hoptoads'  claws,  or  to  a 
modern  "Medicine  Man"  with  his  scientific  knowledge? 


source  of  the  cure  for  leprosy — the  fruit  of  the  Chaulmoogra 

from  whose  seeds  is  pressed  the  oil  used  in  hypodermic  in- 
Courtesy  of  U.  S.  Dept,  of  Agriculture 


